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Was created to have a unified government for the 13 colonies. More than 20 representatives from Mid-Atlantic colonies came together to plan their defence for the French and Indian war.
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The Stamp act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. British tax payers already paid a stamp tax and Massachusetts experimented with some similar laws, but the Stamp Act imposed on colonial residents went further than the existing ones.
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British soldiers shot and killed many citizens while under attack from a mob. This event was very publicized by leading patriot to rebel against the British.
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incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.
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This was the term used by US Patriots for a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, after the Boston Tea Party. These laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonist for the tea party.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It succeeded the First Continental Congress which met in philidelphia.
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The Battles of lexington and Concord were the first military engaugements of the American revolutionary War.
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british troops went on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal. the battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution
